Certification Questions with Correct Answers
The stem cell divides, producing undifferentiated stem cells that are of
what lineage? Correct Ans ✓✓ myeloid or lymphoid
What cells do myeloid precursors turn into? Correct Ans ✓✓ red blood
cells, white blood cells, and platelets
What cells do lymphoid precursors turn into? Correct Ans ✓✓
specialized white blood cells called lymphocytes
Granulocytes are Correct Ans ✓✓ basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils
Agranuloyctes are Correct Ans ✓✓ T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes,
monocytes
What two type of immunity make up the immune system? Correct Ans
✓✓ innate and adaptive
What line of defense is innate immunity? Correct Ans ✓✓ first
What is the role of innate immunity? Correct Ans ✓✓ is to mount a
non-specific response to a non-self entity that does not retain memory of
the entity
, What types of things does innate immunity respond to? Correct Ans ✓✓
skin, mucous membranes, normal flora of the skin and gut as barrier or
bacterial protection against foreign substances AND cellular components
such as phagocytes, natural killer cells, granulocytes, and macrophages
If innate immunity proves to be insufficient, what is mobilized? Correct
Ans ✓✓ adaptive immunity
Adaptive immunity leads to what? Correct Ans ✓✓ immune system
memory related to a pathogen or foreign substance
What are the three parts of adaptive immunity? Correct Ans ✓✓
humoral immunity, cell mediated immunity, regulatory t-cells
What is humoral immunity made up of? Correct Ans ✓✓ b
lymphocytes, memory b cells, and plasma to produce immunoglobulins
or antibodies
What is cell mediated immunity dependent on? Correct Ans ✓✓
cytotoxic t-cells, helper t-cells and their cytokines
What are regulatory t-cells also known as? Correct Ans ✓✓ supressor t-
cells